---
slug: "remove-social-sharing-buttons-from-product-pages"
name: "Remove social sharing buttons from product pages"
category: "social_proof"
grade: "tested"
page_types: ["product"]
sites_observed: 3
evidence_count: 1
example_ids: []
version: 3
updated_at: "2026-10-15T14:40:38.098Z"
url: "https://liftwire.io/tactics/remove-social-sharing-buttons-from-product-pages"
---

# Remove social sharing buttons from product pages

**Evidence grade: Tested.** Outside evidence supports it: a published experiment, or customer sites where verify_change found the change live long enough ago to count as kept.

Observed on 3 corpus sites. Page types: product.

## Why it works

Social sharing buttons with zero or low share counts act as negative social proof, making customers distrust the company and product quality. Additionally, these buttons distract users from the main goal of the product page, which is to add items to cart and purchase.

## Evidence

- [6 Conversion Rate Optimization Case Studies With Surprising Results](https://cxl.com/blog/surprising-conversion-rate-optimization-case-studies) (experiment, supports)

## Examples

No published examples yet.

## Implement it

The full implementation spec (where on the page, structure, copy patterns, acceptance criteria) is returned by `get_tactic` through the Liftwire MCP server. Setup: https://liftwire.io/mcp